• 2021 Airport Business Top 40 Under 40


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    The 10th edition of Airport Business' annual award program.

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    The 2021 Top 40 Under 40 showcases the industry's top talent working to make a positive impact on the way our aviation system works.

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    Nyika A. Allen, C.M., Assistant Director of Aviation-Business, Strategy and Finance, Port of OaklandApi Appulingam, P.E., Deputy Director of Aviation, Capital Development, City...
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    While working an internship with a general contractor at Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is when Matthew Walsh caught the aviation bug. “I was assigned as a project...
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    A summer job at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and the “addictive” world of an airport took Nathan Sims from the path of working in federal law enforcement ...
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    Stephen Saunders has been at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) for 12 years, working in various roles all while climbing higher. Saunders first started...
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    The opportunity to leave a lasting legacy and to work on outstanding programs and projects that will impact billions of people for years and decades to come is what Thierry Sarr...
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    Studying population growth trends around airports while in college is what led Tony Esposito into a career designing airports. “It all makes sense now. My fascination for aviation...
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    Matthew Nelson joined the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM) Airport as his second job out of college and quickly rose through the ranks – becoming the Vice President...
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    Natalie Schraner went from the newsroom to the sky, transitioning from an intern at a local Indianapolis news station to a Flight Attendant to start her aviation career. “I started...
    Scott Helms
    Scott Helms is the General Manager of Leading Edge Jet Center, located at Boeing Field – where Helms has worked on and off since 2005 for different FBOs around the airport. But...
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    Zachary Staff went to school for urban planning and geography, happening into aviation by luck. “It was a lot of luck,” said Staff. “I met the right people while I was doing internships...

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    Matthew Brown grew up near an airport, leading him to develop an interest in aviation early on in his life. Planning to become a pilot, Brown enrolled in Vincennes University,...
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    Growing up on Air Force bases gave Zachary Bass an early understanding of aviation, and he would later join the Air Force himself. After his time in the Air Force, Bass worked...
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    Four years ago, Nyika Allen was brand new to the aviation industry. Traveling while in college piqued her interest in the industry, but it wasn’t until becoming the Director of...
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    Ashley M. Bruton, MSHR, SHRM-CP, PHR, loves aviation for some of the same reasons that she loves HR: “The landscape is ever-changing, so each day is unique and challenging, and...
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    Dana Nelson is the first director of stakeholder engagement for the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC). She was promoted to this role in 2019 to maintain the regulatory responsibili...
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    When Justin Wortman got out of college in 2008, he got a job with a small local architecture firm in Los Angeles that did a lot of work with Los Angeles International Airport ...
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    “What kind of chocolate do they sell at the airport?” “Plane chocolate.” During the pandemic, people have had to get creative and find new ways to engage with one another. Denver...
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    Api Appulingam, P.E., was born in Malaysia, a country native to neither of her parents. She credits her parents, who often traveled, for her love of traveling and exploring world...
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